Why is Chris Hardwick "still a thing"?

GQ

"The networks have crunched the numbers and decided Hardwick remains an asset, not a liability," says Scott Meslow, who wonders why AMC and NBC couldn't find somebody else to replace Hardwick -- somebody who hasn't been accused of emotional and sexual abuse (even though AMC cleared him). "Hardwick is literally replaceable, by Yvette Nicole Brown or by hundreds of other talented people without that kind of baggage," he says. "But AMC has decided he’s worth keeping around anyway."